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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ishi's job in the spring?
(a) To catch salmon.
(b) To clean the feather and fur wraps.
(c) To wash the baskets.
(d) To grind salmon bones into flour.

2. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?
(a) It smells like the cave at Wowunupo.
(b) It smells like Banya Creek.
(c) It smells like dried acorns.
(d) It smells like Tushi's skin.

3. What does Tushi ask Grandmother to do in order to make the time pass while Ishi and Timawi are gone?
(a) To cook and dance with her in the evenings.
(b) To tell her tales of when Grandmother was young.
(c) To help her weave a treasure basket.
(d) To play the stick game with her.

4. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?
(a) Acorns.
(b) Wild berries.
(c) Boadicea bulbs.
(d) Ferns.

5. According to Grandmother, when did she first meet Ishi's mother?
(a) When Mother was Tushi's age.
(b) After Ishi was born.
(c) When Ishi's father brought her home as his wife.
(d) When Mother was first born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?

2. Why are Ishi and Tushi convinced that the saldu will discover them if they try to move now?

3. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?

4. From Tuliyani, which direction is the Trail to the Land of the Dead?

5. What does Ishi assume when he first sees Timawi sitting beneath the tree?

(see the answer key)

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